Syria Aid: U.S. Sends $195 Million In Food And Humanitarian Assistance

U.S. Ramps Up Syria Aid
The daughter of Fatima, a Syrian refugee widow who lost her husband during the fighting in Homs, helps to prepare their Ramadan diner in their makeshift room in a neighbourhood of the Lebanese coastal city of Tripoli that hosts refugees on July 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
The daughter of Fatima, a Syrian refugee widow who lost her husband during the fighting in Homs, helps to prepare their Ramadan diner in their makeshift room in a neighbourhood of the Lebanese coastal city of Tripoli that hosts refugees on July 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The United States is providing $195 million more in food and humanitarian aid to Syria to mark the end of Ramadan for Muslims, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday.

Washington has been slow to provide weapons for Syrian rebels struggling to toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but has provided a sizeable amount of humanitarian aid.

A statement from Obama marking Eid al-Fitr, a festival marking the end of Ramadan, said the $195 million in additional aid would bring the U.S. humanitarian contribution to more than $1 billion since the Syrian crisis began. (Reporting By Steve Holland; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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